10 Best universities for Mechanical Engineering in Kenya

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Below is a list of best universities in Kenya ranked based on their research performance in Mechanical Engineering. A graph of 18.3K citations received by 2.51K academic papers made by 10 universities in Kenya was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. University of Nairobi

For Mechanical Engineering

#73 in Africa
#2203 in the World
Acceptance Rate
66%
Enrollment
50,000
Founded
1970

2. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

For Mechanical Engineering

#86 in Africa
#2538 in the World
Acceptance Rate
16%
Founded
1994

3. Moi University

For Mechanical Engineering

#104 in Africa
#2926 in the World
Acceptance Rate
93%
Founded
1984

4. Kenyatta University

For Mechanical Engineering

#162 in Africa
#4142 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
1985

5. Egerton University

For Mechanical Engineering

#168 in Africa
#4225 in the World
Acceptance Rate
33%
Founded
1987

6. Dedan Kimathi University of Technology

For Mechanical Engineering

#189 in Africa
#4457 in the World
Acceptance Rate
83%
Founded
2007

7. Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology

For Mechanical Engineering

#243 in Africa
#5123 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
2007

8. Technical University of Kenya

For Mechanical Engineering

#245 in Africa
#5142 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
2007

9. Mount Kenya University

For Mechanical Engineering

#255 in Africa
#5225 in the World
Founded
2008

10. University of Eldoret

For Mechanical Engineering

#260 in Africa
#5246 in the World
Acceptance Rate
52%
Enrollment
33,000
Founded
2010

The best cities to study Mechanical Engineering in Kenya based on the number of universities and their ranks are Nairobi, Eldoret, Njoro, and Nyeri.